Chapter 69: Evan’s Reward
Evan thought he was dreaming when
Shantelle called his name. He was too
exhausted. Evan couldn’t tell if it was
real. He wanted to fall into a deep slumber, but out of nowhere, he felt soft lips against his.
His eyes opened, feeling the drumming of his heart. He could not believe what he
had just witnessed. ‘Shanty kissed me?’
Evan was this close to pinching himself
for a reality check, but in the next second,
Shantelle frantically stood up and ran
outside Lucas’ room.
‘What just happened?’ Evan thought. ‘
She kissed me, but she ran away!’
Was Evan going to let her go that easily?
No. A big NO.
Evan carefully removed himself from
Lucas’ hold, but his son awoke when he
pulled back his arm. Lucas called,
Daddy, where are you going?”
“Lucas, I’ll only check on your mommy, but I’ll be right back. I promise,” he
replied.
Lucas gave his reluctant approval. Evan
rushed outside to find Shantelle’s room.
She stayed in her old room as a child, two- rooms away from Lucas’.
He knocked on the door, calling her
name. “Shanty, let’s talk. Open the door,
please. Please, Shanty.”
Evan kept knocking and knocking, but Shantelle would not reply. ‘Was she pretending to be asleep?’
Evan was about to give up all hope when
he realized another way into Shantelle’s
room; the Romeo style. He returned to Lucas’ room and found his son sleeping.
He went straight to the window and
looked out. He turned to the left and
analyzed the climb. There was very little
concrete that he could hold on to, but. despite this, he climbed out the window
and traversed into Shantelle’s small
balcony.
*****
Shantelle was leaning on her balcony window, biting her lip. She kissed Evan earlier, and she ran away.
‘Why did I even do that? Simple, Shanty, you wanted to!’ She scolded herself
silently.
When Evan came to her room, she did not reply. She hoped he would walk away and assumed she fell asleep incredibly fast.
She did not know how to face him.
Suddenly, she heard a loud thud against her balcony floor. She jerked while
her
there and chasing
breath.
Shanty. You are
awake,” Evan pointed out.
no choice but to open the
let him in. She mumbled,
kiss, and I
it back.” He teased.
reasoning, ” I – I thought – I thought
replied, “That would
the case, then perhaps
his arms,
Here I am.”
his intentions clear. “I’m not leaving
my proper reward. Please, Shanty.
eventually
said, “Okay.”
turned bright
a quick one.”
“For me, a
push
shot back, but while
words, she
me
giggling, too. He
“As long as it feels right,
were talking, Evan
Shantelle was also
back. Eventually, she
Evan closing in on her. With this, she suggested,
right, keep at it?”
insisted.
answered, “I don’t
finish her
hers,
of electricity run
against her ribcage,
butterflies in her
a single-lip kiss, Shantelle thought, ‘What
caging her heart and shutting down her emotions, why was she feeling this
momentarily halting Evan’s kiss.
trying to control your feelings. At
let go,” Evan
and suggested, “Let go and
me kiss you.”
sensed Shantelle’s arms
eyes fluttered in
his forehead against hers.
his head so that their
his
the
Shantelle’s
eyes. However, unlike the last, her expression was soft. She was
lips. Evan turned his head to the
it another shot, and still, she returned the kiss. Oh, yeah. Evan was
moment!
In each second that passed, his mouth parted further, and so
grew demanding, Evan’s hand slowly climbed up to the
neck, his
waist. As for Shantelle, her hands
to
Evan requested. She allowed her passions
the hell out of her,
not felt in a very
it felt so right, even if
became
not help but push a little of his tongue, and to his surprise,
how long their lips locked together, but
breath.
looking at
did not say it, but he
effect on her. He simply
of it. Still, he was
her tightly
her face. He
love you
want to keep holding
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